Chrome

Chrome Browser Gets Dedicated Media Control Hub

Tim January 16, 2020

Google is rolling out a new media hub for all Chrome users this week, the same feature that hit Chromebooks back in August. The hub is straightforward. Should you have any media playing through Chrome, be that a YouTube video or a track on Spotify, you can...

Chrome Gets Built-In Password Checkup, Real-Time Phishing Protection

Tim December 10, 2019

Google announced security enhancements for Chrome this morning, including a built-in password checkup (previously was just an installable extension), as well as comprehensive phishing protections. So as not to bore you with details, what you need to know is...

Google Chrome Gets New Tab Grid and Tab Grouping in Update, Easier Device Sharing

Kellen September 19, 2019

Over the next few weeks, you'll notice a couple of improvements to the way Chrome lets you handle multiple tabs, plus sharing a tab from one device to another will be easier than ever. Through a blog post today, Google announced that a new tab grid experience...

Chrome Beta for Android Gets a Dark Mode Flag

Kellen March 22, 2019

Google pushed an update to Chrome Beta last night as version 74.0.3729.25 and a couple of dark mode-related flags were included. If you want all of your apps to be darker, the time has come for you to give Chrome the love. If you head into chrome://flags and...

Chrome Gets a Navigation Gesture You Should Enable Right Away

Kellen March 21, 2019

Diving into chrome://flags can be both exciting and a dance with the devil. You may tweak or enable an in-the-works setting with Chrome that quickly improves your experience or you may break a bunch of sh*t. Today, though, we've got a setting to share that we...

Chrome 71 is Going Further to Block More Bad Ad Experiences

Kellen November 5, 2018

At the beginning of this year, Google added protections to Chrome that helped protect users against abusive experiences. "Abusive experiences" was basically in reference to all of the super obnoxious ads across the web that open new tabs or windows and...

Chrome Turns 10 and Gets a Bunch of New Features

Kellen September 4, 2018

Chrome turned 10 years old today and Google is celebrating the occasion with a huge update and bunch of new features across platforms. Chrome is getting a new look everywhere, major improvements to its password manager, smart answers within the Search bar, and...

If You Miss Chrome Home, Turn on Chrome Duet in Chrome Beta

Kellen August 23, 2018

As Google pushed a feature called Chrome Home from Dev to Beta to stable throughout 2017, I really took to it. At first, the move of the address bar from the top of Chrome to the bottom was an awkward adjustment, but once used to the location, it just made...